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With my Canon EOS 450d 18-55mm lens? I've been doing close up shots ever since i got my Camera and that was a month ago. I've now decided to get into glamour but i have no idea Can you guys recommend any tutorials?
 
Probally not with so much DOF, but you could attempt it

You kit lens will probally go to its widest @ f3.5
the second shot looks like a f1.8
 
:) I'm not a pro and I concentrate mainly on wildlife, but I feel the camera and lens although of course very important are not the only things you need to consider...

A good understanding of the use of flash and lighting is essential for this kind of photography.
Photographing wildlife, I use flash very rarely and tend to rely on natural light, but in the world of glamour and fashion, manipulating light is very important.

I'm sure there are plenty of good books about the genre, but it's such a complex subject that I feel you would benifit more from a course or at least a few trips to a camera club where they tend to hold model evenings and such like, just to get you started.

:) There are plenty of photographers here on Talk Photography who are experienced in the subject of fashion/glamour who will be able to give a better insight.

Good luck.
 
To me it looks like both of those shots have been edited to blur the background, and not very well IMO.

But in general you get that kind of separation you need shallow dof combined with a good distance between subject and background. Shooting wide open with the kit lens at 55mm the background would need to be several hundred meters away.
 
No reason why the camera would stop you but I agree with the rest of the folks, your lens may hold you back a bit.

You could do worse than investing in a Nifty Fifty (50mm F1.8).
They are cheep as chips at about £60 and really are a great lens.
 
Photoshop blurred for sure, I agree with pxl8 on this one just look at the frame on #1 by her wrist, the edges of the plant and her elbow on #2. You can take the shot at any aperture and soften the background to gain these results and a little bit of effort do a better job of it too.
 
Clearly a very quick background blur in PS or similiar, anyone spending a bit of time could do bettter imo.

Big_Bill has the right advice, you need a lens with a fairly wide ap, 2.8 at least, a 50mm is usually the cheapest way of doing this. Although it does restrict you a bit with the fixed focal length. If you can afford a bit more, about £300, then the Tamron 28-75 DI is 2.8 across the range and is a decent portrait lens imo.

Steve
 
I don't know why anyone would do it in PS, I freaking hate working in CS3! It's just easier to open up your aperture without all that faffing around.
 
Busby said:
:) I'm not a pro and I concentrate mainly on wildlife, but I feel the camera and lens although of course very important are not the only things you need to consider...

A good understanding of the use of flash and lighting is essential for this kind of photography.
Photographing wildlife, I use flash very rarely and tend to rely on natural light, but in the world of glamour and fashion, manipulating light is very important.

I'm sure there are plenty of good books about the genre, but it's such a complex subject that I feel you would benifit more from a course or at least a few trips to a camera club where they tend to hold model evenings and such like, just to get you started.

:) There are plenty of photographers here on Talk Photography who are experienced in the subject of fashion/glamour who will be able to give a better insight.

Good luck.
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BOM said:
As for the lighting, I think the best free resource around is the strobist site, read all the lighting 101 articles.

http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html
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It's funny the only really in depth reply here is from a wildlife photographer...light is the key to these images! Your camera and lens will be more than capable of producing these images...provided you give them the light they require. (Lets not get into a 'well the kit len is rubbish' becayse it isn't the lens that made these shots..)

DoF etc can be worked out at the time, on the shoot, it is something you can currently control. What I don't think you can is the light...which you will need to learn, and as BOM pointed out...strobist is a great place to start :)
 
the lighting would be the key but the colours are very vibrant in one shot. very in canon-like..you may need to dial up the saturation or borrow someone's nikon :P
 
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